[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 162 (Tuesday, August 22, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 48980]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-7075]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Advisory Committee on CARES Business Plan Studies; Notice of 
Meeting

    The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) gives notice under the 
Public Law 92-463 (Federal Advisory Committee Act) that the Advisory 
Committee on CARES Business Plan Studies will meet on Friday, September 
8, 2006, from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m., in the Dining Room of the Nursing 
Home Care Unit, Building 90, VA Palo Alto Health Care System, 4951 
Arroyo Road, Livermore, CA. The meeting is open to the public.
    The purpose of the Committee is to provide advice to the Secretary 
of Veterans Affairs on proposed business plans at those VA facility 
sites identified in May 2004 as requiring further study by the Capital 
Asset Realignment for Enhanced Services (CARES) Decision document.
    The objectives of the Local Advisory Panel meeting are to 
communicate the Secretary's decision on the specific options to be 
evaluated and the timeframe for the completion of the study. Additional 
presentations will focus on the VA-selected contractor's methodology 
and tools to evaluate the remaining options. The agenda will also 
accommodate public commentary on implementation issues associated with 
each option.
    Interested persons may attend and present oral or written 
statements to the Committee. For additional information regarding the 
meeting, please contact Mr. Jay Halpern, Designated Federal Officer, 
(00CARES), 810 Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20024, by phone at 
(202) 273-5994, or by e-mail at [email protected].

    Dated: August 11, 2006.

    By Direction of the Secretary.
E. Philip Riggin,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 06-7075 Filed 8-21-06; 8:45 am]
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